The internet as a disease is missing--this one was very popular when the internet was first being utilized by general society. Also, the internet as connection and disconnection. And of course the internet as transportation and its variations. Sabryna Sabryna Cornish Assistant professor of journalism Department of communication Northern Illinois University
"Gordon Carlson" <gordycarlson@gmail.com> 06/28/08 2:23 PM >>> Hello all,
Many of you have helped me compile a list of technology metaphors. Several asked to see the list. So here we go. The following is a list of metaphors related to technology and its use. The emphasis is clearly on digital technology but some others are in there as well. If you have additions to the list PLEASE do send them along, I would like to keep the list growing. If you have a dispute or other comment that should make for interesting conversation, as metaphorical as it might be on a mail list. Thanks for all your help! active and inactive bandwidth blog - web log?? blogosphere breadcrumbs brick and mortar broadband broken record (not digital but still a technology metaphor) bulletin boards calculating (as in a person is cold and calculating) chat "rooms" chatting citizen of the internet - netizen click cloud (storage and computing) cyberspace dashboard database deckware desktop dial a touch phone dial up internet access dialog boxes directory domain drop a packet email extranet files filing system firewall flame flaming folders forum forward (as in to forward an email) frames garbage can garbage in, garbage out gateway grinding (used in gaming to get lots of a resource) harvesting hit homepage hotspot hub inbox information superhighway instant messaging intranet link lurking menu mining, especially data mining mouse navigation open (as in a file or email) outbox owning someone (as in to defeat someone in a game, not unique to technology basis for pwned) palette portal programmed or hardwired people protocol quad (a couple people mentioned this but I don't know why it is a metaphor, any help?) recycle bin reply reserving a "seat" for an online course run search engine server shopping carts/basket slides in powerpoint spam speed dial (Opera browser) spyware surfing tabs tag tap (as in a line or phone which is no longer literal) terminal the computer going to "sleep" the whole concept of a virtual open house tree trojan horse trolling virus windows wiping out a team of players (gaming, not unique to technology) world wide web worm -Gordon _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Sabryna Cornish <a135672@wpo.cso.niu.edu> wrote:
The internet as a disease is missing--this one was very popular when the internet was first being utilized by general society. Also, the internet as connection and disconnection. And of course the internet as transportation and its variations.
I like those thoughts. It's easy to joke about Sen. Steven's "tubes" but that's a metaphor even technically-minded persons resort to at times (useful when discussing bandwidth, for example). How about also including the Internet as a substance or a behavior or whatever metaphors are used by those who study "Internet addiction?" And going beyond the Internet, the "car" metaphor is ubiquitous in tech support (anti-virus definitions and OS patches as oil changes, I've heard a few folks that use forms similar to those used at oil change shops to present their potential services to clients, etc.). Kevin
Thank you all for your help so far. I have added all your recent comments to the list. I will be honest, I love the Net and its slang but have never heard the term epeen or a related one. Wow. The Internet is a scary place/idea/destination/highway/car/tube. Much like the Wild West...ooh, need to add that one... In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions thus far. Thanks again and please do keep them coming! -Gordy active and inactive bandwidth blog - web log?? blogosphere breadcrumbs brick and mortar broadband broken record (not digital but still a technology metaphor) bulletin boards calculating (as in a person is cold and calculating) car (and associated metaphors) chat "rooms" chatting citizen of the internet - netizen click cloud (storage and computing) connection/disconnection cyberspace dashboard database deckware desktop disease (as in internet as disease) dial a touch phone dial up internet access dialog boxes directory domain drop a packet email engine extranet files filing system firewall flame flaming folders forum forward (as in to forward an email) frames frontier garbage can garbage in, garbage out gateway grinding (used in gaming to get lots of a resource) harvesting hit homepage hotspot hub inbox information superhighway instant messaging intranet link lurking menu mining, especially data mining mouse navigation objects (in programming) offline online open (as in a file or email) outbox owning someone (as in to defeat someone in a game, not unique to technology basis for pwned) palette portal programmed or hardwired people protocol quad (a couple people mentioned this but I don't know why it is a metaphor, any help?) recycle bin reply reserving a "seat" for an online course rolling (as in a character in DD) rolling your own run search engine server shopping carts/basket slides in powerpoint space (a place you can go or occupy a volume) spam speed dial (Opera browser) spyware surfing tabs tag tap (as in a line or phone which is no longer literal) terminal the computer going to "sleep" or hibernate the whole concept of a virtual open house transportation (and all associated internet metaphors) tree trojan horse trolling tubes (as in not a dump truck - ah, the great Senator Stevens...) virus windows wiping out a team of players (gaming, not unique to technology) world wide web worm word of mouse browsing scrolling up and down computer hibernating e-peen or e-penis (as in a slang term for ego online) Internet male word of mouse ding (as in to gain a level in a game) wild west
Hi all, Just catching up on this thread. Sorry if these resources have already been mentioned. I found these to be useful in helping me develop some ideas about how metaphor functions to shape our experience and understanding of technology. Gozzi, Jr., R. (1994). The Information Superhighway as Metaphor. Et cetera 51(3), pp. 321- 327. Raymond Gozzi, Jr. has been writing about Internet and metaphor for awhile now. I seem to recall this as the first article of his I ever read, and there are many more since that time. Much of it published in the journal ETC. He also has a book out on the topic: "The Power of Metaphor in the Age of Electronic Media." Good stuff. Reddy, M. J. (1979/1993). The conduit metaphor: A case of frame conflict in our language about language. In A. Ortony (Ed.), Metaphor and Thought, 2nd Edition (pp. 138-164). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. This chapter by Michael Reddy is an excellent discussion about the predominance of the "conduit" metaphor, which, along with the frontier metaphor, drove much early conceptualizing about the internet. I consider this essential reading when thinking about metaphors and technology. The entire edited collection (Ortony's) is excellent, BTW. Stefik, Mark (1996). Internet Dreams: Archetypes, Myths, and Metaphors. MIT Press. Palmquist, Ruth (1996). The Search for an Internet Metaphor: A Comparison of Literatures. ASIS 1996 Conference Proceedings. http://www.asis.org/annual-96/ElectronicProceedings/palmquist.html --A good example of metaphor studies of Internet that got done in the mid-late 1990s in various disciplines. Ratzan, Lee (2000). Making sense of the web: a metaphorical approach. Information Research, Vol. 6 No. 1, October 2000. http://informationr.net/ir/6-1/paper85.html#ref2 --I'm particularly partial to the citation list at the end of this article. Lots of resources here on metaphor from a variety of disciplines. And here are two fairly extensive lists of resources on metaphor, from Virginia Montecino when she was at George Mason University. For me, these two lists help to illustrate the various places/disciplines that intersect with the project of looking at metaphors in/of technology. http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/metabiblio.htm http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/metasites.htm Cheers, Annette On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 2:59 AM, Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you all for your help so far. I have added all your recent comments to the list.
I will be honest, I love the Net and its slang but have never heard the term epeen or a related one. Wow. The Internet is a scary place/idea/destination/highway/car/tube. Much like the Wild West...ooh, need to add that one...
In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions thus far. Thanks again and please do keep them coming!
-Gordy
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Urban Dictionary is a good reference (in general) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=e-peen -c On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Gordon Carlson wrote:
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:59:43 -0500 From: Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson@gmail.com> Reply-To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Metaphors in Technology
Thank you all for your help so far. I have added all your recent comments to the list.
I will be honest, I love the Net and its slang but have never heard the term epeen or a related one. Wow. The Internet is a scary place/idea/destination/highway/car/tube. Much like the Wild West...ooh, need to add that one...
In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions thus far. Thanks again and please do keep them coming!
-Gordy
active and inactive bandwidth blog - web log?? blogosphere breadcrumbs brick and mortar broadband broken record (not digital but still a technology metaphor) bulletin boards calculating (as in a person is cold and calculating) car (and associated metaphors) chat "rooms" chatting citizen of the internet - netizen click cloud (storage and computing) connection/disconnection cyberspace dashboard database deckware desktop disease (as in internet as disease) dial a touch phone dial up internet access dialog boxes directory domain drop a packet email engine extranet files filing system firewall flame flaming folders forum forward (as in to forward an email) frames frontier garbage can garbage in, garbage out gateway grinding (used in gaming to get lots of a resource) harvesting hit homepage hotspot hub inbox information superhighway instant messaging intranet link lurking menu mining, especially data mining mouse navigation objects (in programming) offline online open (as in a file or email) outbox owning someone (as in to defeat someone in a game, not unique to technology basis for pwned) palette portal programmed or hardwired people protocol quad (a couple people mentioned this but I don't know why it is a metaphor, any help?) recycle bin reply reserving a "seat" for an online course rolling (as in a character in DD) rolling your own run search engine server shopping carts/basket slides in powerpoint space (a place you can go or occupy a volume) spam speed dial (Opera browser) spyware surfing tabs tag tap (as in a line or phone which is no longer literal) terminal the computer going to "sleep" or hibernate the whole concept of a virtual open house transportation (and all associated internet metaphors) tree trojan horse trolling tubes (as in not a dump truck - ah, the great Senator Stevens...) virus windows wiping out a team of players (gaming, not unique to technology) world wide web worm word of mouse browsing scrolling up and down computer hibernating e-peen or e-penis (as in a slang term for ego online) Internet male word of mouse ding (as in to gain a level in a game) wild west _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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On Sunday 29 June 2008, Gordon Carlson wrote:
In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions thus far. Thanks again and please do keep them coming!
In my class on technology "Understanding how we understand: technological predictions, myths, and implications" [1] I talk a lot about technology as myth and narrative -- and I've been enjoying this thread. [1]:http://reagle.org/joseph/2007/impacts/syllabus.html I'm thinking of bringing in Goffman's "frames" next semester, but in any case I try to identify some of relations implicit/presume in the metaphors from our class readings. So, for example: [[ * Themes to keep an eye out for + technology as artifact o In speaking about technological artifacts, the following themes often come up in terms of how we understand technology and its effects relationship: recursive, emergent, shaping, injection (embedded, inscribed values) audience: relevant social group, wider context reading: interpretive flexibility, closure movement: stabilization, momentum, replacement, incremental, organic # propagation: massive (car), limited (cockpit design) # speed: fast, slow scope: micro/macro consequences: intended/unintended causality: singular/multiple; direct/indirect perspective: hindsight, those born to it, those seeing the change + technology as social substrate o authority: source, operation cooperation/altruism: source, enabling (e.g., crowds), effect, understanding (economic, moral, cognitive) contentment/happiness: contrary to intuitions, hyperactivity identity, power, civic interation pervasiveness/privacy: double edged sword * Narratives of technological tropes + ascent o the "sleeper" "blows up" o the new displaces the old (e.g., iPod over Walkman) o the old sustains (e.g., silicon) + descent o fade/die o the hype bubble bursts + prediction o "20-20 hindsight" * Technology metaphors + e.g., Lawler's computer as machine, tool, workplace, etc. ... ]]
The internet or network (rather than technology) is very often referred to as a place or space - you go to or visit a website, for example. Elizabeth On 30 Jun 2008, at 21:17, Joseph Reagle wrote:
On Sunday 29 June 2008, Gordon Carlson wrote:
In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions thus far. Thanks again and please do keep them coming!
In my class on technology "Understanding how we understand: technological predictions, myths, and implications" [1] I talk a lot about technology as myth and narrative -- and I've been enjoying this thread.
[1]:http://reagle.org/joseph/2007/impacts/syllabus.html
I'm thinking of bringing in Goffman's "frames" next semester, but in any case I try to identify some of relations implicit/presume in the metaphors from our class readings. So, for example: [[ * Themes to keep an eye out for + technology as artifact o In speaking about technological artifacts, the following themes often come up in terms of how we understand technology and its effects relationship: recursive, emergent, shaping, injection (embedded, inscribed values) audience: relevant social group, wider context reading: interpretive flexibility, closure movement: stabilization, momentum, replacement, incremental, organic # propagation: massive (car), limited (cockpit design) # speed: fast, slow scope: micro/macro consequences: intended/unintended causality: singular/multiple; direct/indirect perspective: hindsight, those born to it, those seeing the change + technology as social substrate o authority: source, operation cooperation/altruism: source, enabling (e.g., crowds), effect, understanding (economic, moral, cognitive) contentment/happiness: contrary to intuitions, hyperactivity identity, power, civic interation pervasiveness/privacy: double edged sword * Narratives of technological tropes + ascent o the "sleeper" "blows up" o the new displaces the old (e.g., iPod over Walkman) o the old sustains (e.g., silicon) + descent o fade/die o the hype bubble bursts + prediction o "20-20 hindsight" * Technology metaphors + e.g., Lawler's computer as machine, tool, workplace, etc. ... ]]
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"warXing" (wardriving, warjogging, wargaming,....) sniffing, sniffer stumble open (as in source) for that matter, source or resource bugs/fix beta ("It's gone beta!") locked, unlocked checked in, checked out sync import/export ability/disability cookies. Everybody loves cookies. bookmark inherit point (as in floating point, as in versions) dot map conflict/resolve trunk/branch build Mnemonic devices/good acronyms? TRBL, LIFO, AIM, POST "crackberry" deprecated: handshake Could "quad" be a reference to new "core" (there's one!) Intel chips? If so, then "duo" too. Also, "two" and "oh." As in "version two point oh" instead of "new release" or "second major release." My Firefox was somehow "Firefox two point oh" across all builds and revisions until "Firefox 3 beta" and now somehow I just have Firefox 3, or Firefox, again. Until I have a problem, and then I have to refer to the version. Specifically. Help! Oh yeah there's a dropdown menu for that. So "help." Jason On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:59 AM, Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you all for your help so far. I have added all your recent comments to the list.
I will be honest, I love the Net and its slang but have never heard the term epeen or a related one. Wow. The Internet is a scary place/idea/destination/highway/car/tube. Much like the Wild West...ooh, need to add that one...
In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions thus far. Thanks again and please do keep them coming!
-Gordy
active and inactive bandwidth blog - web log?? blogosphere breadcrumbs brick and mortar broadband broken record (not digital but still a technology metaphor) bulletin boards calculating (as in a person is cold and calculating) car (and associated metaphors) chat "rooms" chatting citizen of the internet - netizen click cloud (storage and computing) connection/disconnection cyberspace dashboard database deckware desktop disease (as in internet as disease) dial a touch phone dial up internet access dialog boxes directory domain drop a packet email engine extranet files filing system firewall flame flaming folders forum forward (as in to forward an email) frames frontier garbage can garbage in, garbage out gateway grinding (used in gaming to get lots of a resource) harvesting hit homepage hotspot hub inbox information superhighway instant messaging intranet link lurking menu mining, especially data mining mouse navigation objects (in programming) offline online open (as in a file or email) outbox owning someone (as in to defeat someone in a game, not unique to technology basis for pwned) palette portal programmed or hardwired people protocol quad (a couple people mentioned this but I don't know why it is a metaphor, any help?) recycle bin reply reserving a "seat" for an online course rolling (as in a character in DD) rolling your own run search engine server shopping carts/basket slides in powerpoint space (a place you can go or occupy a volume) spam speed dial (Opera browser) spyware surfing tabs tag tap (as in a line or phone which is no longer literal) terminal the computer going to "sleep" or hibernate the whole concept of a virtual open house transportation (and all associated internet metaphors) tree trojan horse trolling tubes (as in not a dump truck - ah, the great Senator Stevens...) virus windows wiping out a team of players (gaming, not unique to technology) world wide web worm word of mouse browsing scrolling up and down computer hibernating e-peen or e-penis (as in a slang term for ego online) Internet male word of mouse ding (as in to gain a level in a game) wild west _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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Maybe "farm" or "farming" as in gold farming or link farming. Also "google bombing", but since bomb or bombing alone doesn't mean anything without the google in front as far as I know (in this context..) , I'm guessing this isn't a good fit. (There are a lot along these lines... "doping" from "link doping", "incestuous linking") Neat list. Are you going to create the Internet_metaphors version of this on wikipedia? Should, right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_metaphors On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:03 AM, Jason Stuart <jts0803odon@gmail.com> wrote:
"warXing" (wardriving, warjogging, wargaming,....) sniffing, sniffer stumble open (as in source) for that matter, source or resource bugs/fix beta ("It's gone beta!") locked, unlocked checked in, checked out sync import/export ability/disability cookies. Everybody loves cookies. bookmark inherit point (as in floating point, as in versions) dot map conflict/resolve trunk/branch build
Mnemonic devices/good acronyms? TRBL, LIFO, AIM, POST
"crackberry"
deprecated: handshake
Could "quad" be a reference to new "core" (there's one!) Intel chips? If so, then "duo" too. Also, "two" and "oh." As in "version two point oh" instead of "new release" or "second major release." My Firefox was somehow "Firefox two point oh" across all builds and revisions until "Firefox 3 beta" and now somehow I just have Firefox 3, or Firefox, again. Until I have a problem, and then I have to refer to the version. Specifically. Help! Oh yeah there's a dropdown menu for that. So "help."
Jason
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:59 AM, Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you all for your help so far. I have added all your recent comments to the list.
I will be honest, I love the Net and its slang but have never heard the term epeen or a related one. Wow. The Internet is a scary place/idea/destination/highway/car/tube. Much like the Wild West...ooh, need to add that one...
In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions thus far. Thanks again and please do keep them coming!
-Gordy
active and inactive bandwidth blog - web log?? blogosphere breadcrumbs brick and mortar broadband broken record (not digital but still a technology metaphor) bulletin boards calculating (as in a person is cold and calculating) car (and associated metaphors) chat "rooms" chatting citizen of the internet - netizen click cloud (storage and computing) connection/disconnection cyberspace dashboard database deckware desktop disease (as in internet as disease) dial a touch phone dial up internet access dialog boxes directory domain drop a packet email engine extranet files filing system firewall flame flaming folders forum forward (as in to forward an email) frames frontier garbage can garbage in, garbage out gateway grinding (used in gaming to get lots of a resource) harvesting hit homepage hotspot hub inbox information superhighway instant messaging intranet link lurking menu mining, especially data mining mouse navigation objects (in programming) offline online open (as in a file or email) outbox owning someone (as in to defeat someone in a game, not unique to technology basis for pwned) palette portal programmed or hardwired people protocol quad (a couple people mentioned this but I don't know why it is a metaphor, any help?) recycle bin reply reserving a "seat" for an online course rolling (as in a character in DD) rolling your own run search engine server shopping carts/basket slides in powerpoint space (a place you can go or occupy a volume) spam speed dial (Opera browser) spyware surfing tabs tag tap (as in a line or phone which is no longer literal) terminal the computer going to "sleep" or hibernate the whole concept of a virtual open house transportation (and all associated internet metaphors) tree trojan horse trolling tubes (as in not a dump truck - ah, the great Senator Stevens...) virus windows wiping out a team of players (gaming, not unique to technology) world wide web worm word of mouse browsing scrolling up and down computer hibernating e-peen or e-penis (as in a slang term for ego online) Internet male word of mouse ding (as in to gain a level in a game) wild west _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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3 jul 2008 kl. 15.03 skrev Jason Stuart:
"warXing" (wardriving, warjogging, wargaming,....) sniffing, sniffer stumble open (as in source) for that matter, source or resource bugs/fix beta ("It's gone beta!") locked, unlocked checked in, checked out sync import/export ability/disability cookies. Everybody loves cookies. bookmark inherit point (as in floating point, as in versions) dot map conflict/resolve trunk/branch build
Mnemonic devices/good acronyms? TRBL, LIFO, AIM, POST
"crackberry"
deprecated: handshake
Could "quad" be a reference to new "core" (there's one!) Intel chips? If so, then "duo" too. Also, "two" and "oh." As in "version two point oh" instead of "new release" or "second major release." My Firefox was somehow "Firefox two point oh" across all builds and revisions until "Firefox 3 beta" and now somehow I just have Firefox 3, or Firefox, again. Until I have a problem, and then I have to refer to the version. Specifically. Help! Oh yeah there's a dropdown menu for that. So "help."
Jason
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:59 AM, Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you all for your help so far. I have added all your recent comments to the list.
I will be honest, I love the Net and its slang but have never heard the term epeen or a related one. Wow. The Internet is a scary place/idea/destination/highway/car/tube. Much like the Wild West...ooh, need to add that one...
In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions thus far. Thanks again and please do keep them coming!
-Gordy
active and inactive bandwidth blog - web log?? blogosphere breadcrumbs brick and mortar broadband broken record (not digital but still a technology metaphor) bulletin boards calculating (as in a person is cold and calculating) car (and associated metaphors) chat "rooms" chatting citizen of the internet - netizen click cloud (storage and computing) connection/disconnection cyberspace dashboard database deckware desktop disease (as in internet as disease) dial a touch phone dial up internet access dialog boxes directory domain drop a packet email engine extranet files filing system firewall flame flaming folders forum forward (as in to forward an email) frames frontier garbage can garbage in, garbage out gateway grinding (used in gaming to get lots of a resource) harvesting hit homepage hotspot hub inbox information superhighway instant messaging intranet link lurking menu mining, especially data mining mouse navigation objects (in programming) offline online open (as in a file or email) outbox owning someone (as in to defeat someone in a game, not unique to technology basis for pwned) palette portal programmed or hardwired people protocol quad (a couple people mentioned this but I don't know why it is a metaphor, any help?) recycle bin reply reserving a "seat" for an online course rolling (as in a character in DD) rolling your own run search engine server shopping carts/basket slides in powerpoint space (a place you can go or occupy a volume) spam speed dial (Opera browser) spyware surfing tabs tag tap (as in a line or phone which is no longer literal) terminal the computer going to "sleep" or hibernate the whole concept of a virtual open house transportation (and all associated internet metaphors) tree trojan horse trolling tubes (as in not a dump truck - ah, the great Senator Stevens...) virus windows wiping out a team of players (gaming, not unique to technology) world wide web worm word of mouse browsing scrolling up and down computer hibernating e-peen or e-penis (as in a slang term for ego online) Internet male word of mouse ding (as in to gain a level in a game) wild west _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http:// aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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contextual differentiation or possible universal metaphors? some metaphors have been testing towards accessible computing for non literates: http://sambad.org/ http://www.springerlink.com/content/h667735525671v14/ regards, Ganesh On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Anna Croon <acroon@informatik.umu.se> wrote:
3 jul 2008 kl. 15.03 skrev Jason Stuart:
"warXing" (wardriving, warjogging, wargaming,....)
sniffing, sniffer stumble open (as in source) for that matter, source or resource bugs/fix beta ("It's gone beta!") locked, unlocked checked in, checked out sync import/export ability/disability cookies. Everybody loves cookies. bookmark inherit point (as in floating point, as in versions) dot map conflict/resolve trunk/branch build
Mnemonic devices/good acronyms? TRBL, LIFO, AIM, POST
"crackberry"
deprecated: handshake
Could "quad" be a reference to new "core" (there's one!) Intel chips? If so, then "duo" too. Also, "two" and "oh." As in "version two point oh" instead of "new release" or "second major release." My Firefox was somehow "Firefox two point oh" across all builds and revisions until "Firefox 3 beta" and now somehow I just have Firefox 3, or Firefox, again. Until I have a problem, and then I have to refer to the version. Specifically. Help! Oh yeah there's a dropdown menu for that. So "help."
Jason
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:59 AM, Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you all for your help so far. I have added all your recent
comments to the list.
I will be honest, I love the Net and its slang but have never heard the term epeen or a related one. Wow. The Internet is a scary place/idea/destination/highway/car/tube. Much like the Wild West...ooh, need to add that one...
In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions thus far. Thanks again and please do keep them coming!
-Gordy
active and inactive bandwidth blog - web log?? blogosphere breadcrumbs brick and mortar broadband broken record (not digital but still a technology metaphor) bulletin boards calculating (as in a person is cold and calculating) car (and associated metaphors) chat "rooms" chatting citizen of the internet - netizen click cloud (storage and computing) connection/disconnection cyberspace dashboard database deckware desktop disease (as in internet as disease) dial a touch phone dial up internet access dialog boxes directory domain drop a packet email engine extranet files filing system firewall flame flaming folders forum forward (as in to forward an email) frames frontier garbage can garbage in, garbage out gateway grinding (used in gaming to get lots of a resource) harvesting hit homepage hotspot hub inbox information superhighway instant messaging intranet link lurking menu mining, especially data mining mouse navigation objects (in programming) offline online open (as in a file or email) outbox owning someone (as in to defeat someone in a game, not unique to technology basis for pwned) palette portal programmed or hardwired people protocol quad (a couple people mentioned this but I don't know why it is a metaphor, any help?) recycle bin reply reserving a "seat" for an online course rolling (as in a character in DD) rolling your own run search engine server shopping carts/basket slides in powerpoint space (a place you can go or occupy a volume) spam speed dial (Opera browser) spyware surfing tabs tag tap (as in a line or phone which is no longer literal) terminal the computer going to "sleep" or hibernate the whole concept of a virtual open house transportation (and all associated internet metaphors) tree trojan horse trolling tubes (as in not a dump truck - ah, the great Senator Stevens...) virus windows wiping out a team of players (gaming, not unique to technology) world wide web worm word of mouse browsing scrolling up and down computer hibernating e-peen or e-penis (as in a slang term for ego online) Internet male word of mouse ding (as in to gain a level in a game) wild west _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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Hi! Please, can anyone suggest any literature on blog analysis? I mean to apply frame analysis on a set of subject-related blogs but I would like to have some more background. Thanks! stefania -- Stefania Vicari Visiting PhD student Emory University Department of Sociology 1555 Dickey Drive, Suite 225 Atlanta, GA 30322 U.S.A.
Journal of Information Technology & Politics v.4, n.3 "Political Blogs: Transmission Belts, Soapboxes, Mobilizers or Conversation Starters?" Author: Kevin Wallsten Abstract This paper makes an initial attempt to situate political blogging alongside other forms of political participation by asking the question: how do political bloggers actually use their blogs? More specifically, this paper relies on a detailed content analysis of 5,000 less popular and 5,000 A-list political blog posts over the course of the 2004 campaign in order to determine whether political bloggers use their blogs primarily as "soapboxes," "transmission belts," "mobilizers," or "conversation starters." The results presented here suggest that although political blogs are used to make opinion statements far more often than they are used to mobilize political action, to request feedback from readers, or to pass along information produced by others, blog use changes significantly in response to key political events. To be more precise, less popular political bloggers were significantly more likely to mobilize political action on Election Day, and all bloggers—regardless of popularity—showed a greater propensity to seek feedback from their readers on the days of the presidential debates and in the weeks immediately following the election. Political blogging, in short, is a complex form of political participation that blends hypertext links, opinionated commentary, calls to political action, and requests for feedback in different ways at different moments in time. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:45 PM, stefania vicari <s.vicari@reading.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi! Please, can anyone suggest any literature on blog analysis? I mean to apply frame analysis on a set of subject-related blogs but I would like to have some more background.
Thanks! stefania -- Stefania Vicari Visiting PhD student Emory University Department of Sociology 1555 Dickey Drive, Suite 225 Atlanta, GA 30322 U.S.A.
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Hi Stefania, Uses of Blogs by Axel Bruns and Joanne Jacobs isn't specifically about blog analysis but it can give you some background into how others have done research on blogs. There might be something you can use. I kinda developed my own discursive analysis toolkit for blogs by reading up on Nexus Analysis by Scollon and Wong-Scollon. Not about blogs (written on experiences online in the eighties so really dated, but helpful in working out what you want to do). paul emerson teusner -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of stefania vicari Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 3:46 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] blog analysis Hi! Please, can anyone suggest any literature on blog analysis? I mean to apply frame analysis on a set of subject-related blogs but I would like to have some more background. Thanks! stefania -- Stefania Vicari Visiting PhD student Emory University Department of Sociology 1555 Dickey Drive, Suite 225 Atlanta, GA 30322 U.S.A. _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
Stefania, An advisee of mine (Yahui Zhang) recently completed her dissertation doing blog analysis. she is cced on this message - she may be able to help you as well. r
Hi Stefania,
Uses of Blogs by Axel Bruns and Joanne Jacobs isn't specifically about blog analysis but it can give you some background into how others have done research on blogs. There might be something you can use.
I kinda developed my own discursive analysis toolkit for blogs by reading up on Nexus Analysis by Scollon and Wong-Scollon. Not about blogs (written on experiences online in the eighties so really dated, but helpful in working out what you want to do).
paul emerson teusner
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of stefania vicari Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 3:46 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] blog analysis
Hi! Please, can anyone suggest any literature on blog analysis? I mean to apply frame analysis on a set of subject-related blogs but I would like to have some more background.
Thanks! stefania -- Stefania Vicari Visiting PhD student Emory University Department of Sociology 1555 Dickey Drive, Suite 225 Atlanta, GA 30322 U.S.A.
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Bakardjieva, M. (2005). Internet society: The internet in everyday life. London, Sage. Perhaps not mentioned in this book, but Maria Bakardjieva presented a paper to the AoIR convference in Vancouver last year (2007) where she and her graduate student detailed an approach to Canadian domestic bloggers at the micro, meso and macro level. Sorry I was unable to find a web reference to it, but if you join AoIR it should be in the archives. Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD. Internationalisation Project Officer Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Office: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Presenter, Internet Research 9.0, 15-18 October 2008, Copenhagen, DK --- On Tue, 29/7/08, stefania vicari <s.vicari@reading.ac.uk> wrote:
From: stefania vicari <s.vicari@reading.ac.uk> Subject: [Air-L] blog analysis To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Received: Tuesday, 29 July, 2008, 3:45 AM Hi! Please, can anyone suggest any literature on blog analysis? I mean to apply frame analysis on a set of subject-related blogs but I would like to have some more background.
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I like those thoughts. It's easy to joke about Sen. Steven's "tubes" but that's a metaphor even technically-minded persons resort to at times (useful when discussing bandwidth, for example).
I see that "pipe" didn't make the list... as in, "how big is the pipe (connection to the internet) you guys have?" --e
How about "tubes" (couldn't resist) ... Richard On 7/1/08 8:34 AM, "elijah wright" <elijah.wright@gmail.com> wrote:
I like those thoughts. It's easy to joke about Sen. Steven's "tubes" but that's a metaphor even technically-minded persons resort to at times (useful when discussing bandwidth, for example).
I see that "pipe" didn't make the list... as in, "how big is the pipe (connection to the internet) you guys have?"
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Ganesh Ghimire -
Gordon Carlson -
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Jason Stuart -
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Kevin Guidry -
Paul Emerson Teusner -
Radhika Gajjala -
Sabryna Cornish -
Sarita Yardi -
stefania vicari -
Stuart Shulman